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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11595
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14844
13 Actual Demand 11281
14 Aggregate Planning 12325
15 Air Cargo 10217
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6737
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34991
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15403
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19411
20 Assembly Line 22741
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23112
22 Average Speed of Answer 26647
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23325
24 Batch Production 38663
25 Bill Discounting 14681
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11356
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7235
28 Blanket Release 10122
29 Bonded Warehouse 10154
30 Booking Number 13966
31 Bottleneck 9657
32 Buffer Stock 59576
33 Build to Stock 13110
34 Bullwhip Effect 9799
35 Business Logistics 25963
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12666
37 Capacity Management 40963
38 Capacity Utilization 14235
39 Capital Intensive 8542
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8885
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12242
42 Certified Supplier 9039
43 Channel Effectiveness 9018
44 Co-Destiny 9399
45 Co-managed Inventory 12674
46 Co-Packers 11870
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6979
48 Computer-Based Training 7768
49 Consular Invoice 19960
50 Container Depot 10693
51 Container Freight Station 10348
52 Continuous Replenishment 19668
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12177
54 Contract Carrier 7374
55 Contract of Affreightment 11507
56 Control Charts 8037
57 Cost Flow 10374
58 Courier Service 15370
59 CPFR 8309
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11902
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44418
62 Date Code 18437
63 Days of Supply 19971
64 Dead on Arrival 9452
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7394
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8214
67 Detective Control 9008
68 Devanning 14315
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11073
70 Dispatching 24730
71 Distributed Inventory 8444
72 Distribution Channel Management 35050
73 Distribution Metrics 9267
74 Distribution Planning 24331
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15370
76 Double Marginalization 52950
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22519
78 Dual 5502
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20730
80 Echelon Inventory 26351
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38391
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50051
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7706
84 Efficient Frontier 25660
85 Engineer-to-Order 31913
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16713
87 Erlang B Formula 9438
88 ETD 8413
89 Ex Works 7906
90 Exception Rate 13628
91 Exponential smoothing 9913
92 External Growth 10189
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9614
94 Field Services 7802
95 Field Warehouse 10846
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8918
97 Fishbone Diagram 14721
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27253
99 Flow Through Distribution 12429
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8284
101 FOB Destination 13167
102 Forward buying 30362
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7605
105 Gantt Chart 8355
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11857
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29722
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12795
109 Hub 23578
110 Idle Time 8153
 
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